| | | A Richard Donner Film.
Features: DVD
From the imagination of Steven Spielberg, The Goonies plunges a band of small heroes into a swashbuckling, surprise-around-every-corner quest beyond their wildest dreams! Following a mysterious treasure map into a spectacular underground realm of twisting passages, outrageous booby-traps and a long-lost pirate ship full of gold doubloons, the kids race to stay one step ahead of a family of bumbling bad guys...and a mild-mannered monster with a face only a mother could love. A family adventure classic from start to finish, The Goonies is a cinematic treasure trove of breathtaking action, dazzling effects and shiver-yer-timbers thrills!
"One of the most memorable teen-movies of it's time..." Clint Morris, MovieHole
"...delight and surprise at every turn in a coming of age tale the likes of which is rarely seen." Joshua Tyler, FilmCritic.com
"A deliciously dizzy adventure with crowd-pleasing fun!" Kathleen Carroll, New York Daily News
"...old-fashioned adventure yarn...Big, lively...a likable bunch of kids onscreen." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"...still a helluva lot of fun." Luke Thompson, New Times
Editor's Note
A thrill-a-minute adventure film. When brothers Mikey (Sean Astin) and Brand (Josh Brolin) learn that greedy developers are forcing their family to move, they and their friends decide to have one last, precious adventure together. With the help of a treasure map they've found in the attic, the group, known as the Goonies, go in search of buried gold hoping against hope that if they find it, Mikey and Brand will succeed in keeping their home.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Stereo | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Audio: Spanish Dolby Digital Mono | | Behind-The-Scenes Documentary: The Making Of The Goonies | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Feature-Length Audio Commentary (With Hidden Video Treasures) By Director Richard Donner & Selected Cast Members | | Interactive Menus | | Music Video: Cyndi Lauper's The Goonies 'R' Good Enough | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Outtakes | | Scene Access | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 1/8/2008 |
| Original Release Date: 1985 | | Catalog ID: 116314 | | UPC: 00085391163145 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "Sloth love Chunk!" Sloth |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...[Spielberg and Donner] have seen to it that THE GOONIES has every imaginable funhouse flourish..." 06/07/1985 p.C12Variety
"...A film stamped with the Steven Spielberg style of high fun....A roller coaster ride..." 06/05/1985 Empire
4 stars out of 5 -- "A kind of talismanic film for anyone born circa 1975, Richard Donner's seven-kids-go-in-search-of-pirate-treasure is boisterous, undisciplined fun....This is nostalgic gold." 12/01/2008 p.197 Reel.com 8 of 10
Examined objectively, from an adult's perspective, The Goonies is a pretty cheesy movie...But the beauty of this 1985 classic is that it isn't for - or about - adults. The Goonies is one of the best "kid" movies ever, appealing to the part of us that always believed adventure was waiting around the next corner...The core cast is a virtual Who's Who of '80s teen cinema. Led by asthmatic idealist Mikey Walsh (Sean Astin) and his no-nonsense older brother "Brand" (yep, 90210 fans, the original Brandon Walsh was a Goonie played by Streisand-stepson Josh Brolin)...It's a busy movie, to say the least. And it has producer Steven Spielberg's stamp all over it - Indiana Jones had nothing on these kids. There are booby traps to dodge, riddles to solve, villains to foil, gold to grab, kisses to steal, giant waterslides to shoot down, and pirate ships to explore. It's all in a day's work for a Goonie. - Betsy Bozdech
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
"The Goonies" is a smooth mixture of the usual ingredients from Steven Spielberg action movies, made special because of the high-energy performances of the kids who have the adventures. It's a fantastical story of buried pirate treasure, told with a slice-of-life approach that lets these kids use words Bogart didn't know in "Casablanca"..."Goonies", like "Gremlins", walks a thin line between the cheerful and the gruesome, and the very scenes the adults might object to are the ones the kids will like the best...During "Goonies", I was often exhilarated by what was happening. Afterward, I was less enthusiastic...It uses what it knows about kids to churn them up, while "E.T." gave them things to think about, the values to enjoy. "The Goonies", like "Gremlins", shows that Spielberg and his directors are absolute masters of how to excite and involve an audience. - Roger Ebert
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